{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/foot-and-mouth-disease-amendmentwalesno6-order-2001/schedule-1/paragraph-23",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/foot-and-mouth-disease-amendmentwalesno6-order-2001/schedule-1/paragraph-23.json",
  "legislation": "wsi/2001/1509",
  "legislation_title": "The Foot-and-Mouth Disease (Amendment)(Wales)(No.6) Order 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/foot-and-mouth-disease-amendmentwalesno6-order-2001",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/23",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "23",
  "heading": "Control of milk produced in an infected area",
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraph (2) below no person shall feed to any animal any milk produced in an infected area, or any washings from a container which has held any such milk, except milk or container washings produced on the premises where the animal is kept.\n(2) Sub-paragraph (1) shall not apply if—\n(a) before being moved on to the premises the milk or washings are treated in accordance with the requirements of paragraph (3); and\n(b) after being so treated the milk or washings—\n(i) are kept separate at all times from other milk and washings not so treated, and\n(ii) are kept in containers which have first been cleansed and disinfected.\n(3) The requirements referred to in sub-paragraph (2) are that the milk or washings must be—\n(a) heated to a temperature of 76.66 ° C, and held at that temperature for at least 5 seconds;\n(b) heated to a temperature of 72 ° C, and held at that temperature for at least one minute;\n(c) heated to a temperature of 65 ° C, and held at that temperature for at least 2 minutes;\n(d) heated to a temperature of 60 ° C, and held at that temperature for at least 30 minutes;\n(e) heated to such temperature as may be specified in writing by a veterinary inspector, and held at that temperature for such period as may be so specified; or\n(f) in the case of whey only, held at a temperature of not less than 10°C for a period of at least 24 hours.\n(4) No person shall sell or dispose of milk produced in an infected area (except by way of retail sale or disposal as waste), unless that sale or disposal is accompanied by a declaration signed by him and stating—\n(a) that the milk was produced in an infected area; and\n(b) whether or not it has been treated in accordance with the requirements of paragraph (3).\n(5) Any person disposing of milk produced in an infected area as waste shall ensure that it does not come into contact with any animal.\n(6) No person shall use a tanker vehicle for the collection of milk from farms in an infected area unless an air filter of a type approved by the Minister has been fitted to the air outlet of the tank.\n(7) For the purposes of this paragraph “milk” does not include cream.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2001/1509/schedule/1/paragraph/23",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:17:04.997560+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}